Honor 9 Lite vs Mi A1 – Best Under 15,000 Rs. in India??

Honor 9 Lite vs Mi A1: These days, dual rear cameras are trends. Previously launched Xiaomi Mi A1 and newly launched Huawei Honor 9 Lite also come with dual rear cameras. Xiaomi Mi A1 comes in one variant with 4GB of RAM and 64GB of inbuilt storage that priced at 14,999 Rs in India. Huawei Honor 9 Lite comes in two variants. One with 3GB of RAM and 32GB of inbuilt storage priced at 10,999 Rs. in India and another with 4GB of RAM and 64GB of inbuilt storage priced at 14,999 Rs. in India. What are the differences in these devices?

Hardware – Honor 9 Lite vs Mi A1:

Under the hood, Huawei Honor 9 Lite featured Company’s own HiSilicon Kirin 659 octa-core SoC coupled with Mali T830 MP2 GPU. The Xiaomi Mi A1 featured Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 625 octa-core SoC coupled with Adreno 506 GPU. In terms of CPU, both are similar but GPU is better on Mi A1. If you want a smartphone for gaming then Mi A1 will be a great choice for you.

In same price segment, both offer 4GB of RAM and 64GB of inbuilt storage that you can expand via MicroSD card after placing it in the Hybrid slot. But Honor 9 Lite also comes in a lower variant where it offers 3GB of RAM and 32GB of inbuilt storage with a hybrid slot.

Software – Honor 9 Lite vs Mi A1:

Honor 9 Lite comes with Android Oreo 8.0 out of the box with EMUI 8.0 on top. EMUI is a custom UI from Huawei that offers a lot of great customizations and inbuilt features. Xiaomi Mi A1 is an Android One device so the Software is Stock on this device. It comes with Android Nougat 7.1.2 out of the box but you can get the stable Oreo 8.0 update. Stock Android or Custom UI – it depends on you.

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Camera – Honor 9 Lite vs Mi A1:

As we mentioned above, both offer dual rear cameras but the Honor 9 Lite offers quad cameras. It offers both on front and rear a 13MP primary sensor along with a 2MP secondary sensor. So, you can get portrait modes on both front and rear. Whereas Xiaomi Mi A1 offers 12MP of a primary sensor along with 12MP of a telephoto sensor on the rear. So, you will get a 2X optical zoom option. Portrait mode is also present in this device and the result of this Portrait mode is just awesome in this price segment. In the front, Xiaomi Mi A1 sports 5MP single front camera. Mi A1’s rear camera can shoot videos in 4K @30fps. But the Honor 9 Lite can shoot up to 1080p.

Battery – Honor 9 Lite vs Mi A1:

Honor 9 Lite packed by 3000 mAh of non-removable battery and Mi A1 has 3080 mAh of non-removable battery. There is no fast charging capability on these devices.